This is a link page to many of the resources that we have published over the last 30 years. It cannot hope to be exhaustive, but covers all the major collections and authors. The page remains in development, and over time, more links will be added.
Categories
Popular and Featured Items
Complete Books
These major resources are exclusively available on MWI, and include some previously published books that are no longer available in hardcopy.
Cannons and Flowers by Georges Cziffra (1996) – Memoirs of the Hungarian pianist
Martinů in Paris: A Synthesis of Musical Styles and Symbols by Erik Anthony Entwistle (2002 PhD dissertation)
The Collector’s Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898-1925 by Howard Friedman (2013)
The Dictionary of Composers and their Music by Eric Gilder (1982)
The Last Boy of the Family by Inglis Gundry – Autobiography of the British composer
Guide To Twentieth Century Composers by Mark Morris
Two Centuries In One: Musical Romanticism & the Twentieth Century by Herbert Pauls (2014 PhD dissertation)
The Business of Music by Ernst Roth (1966) – Reflections of a music publisher
Contemporary British Music by Francis Routh (1972)
Quadrille with a Raven by Humphrey Searle (1982) – Memoirs by the British composer
The Music Goes Round and Around by Basil Tschaikov (2006) – Recollections from a musical family
Surveys of Recordings
| Ralph Moore’s Surveys | Tony Duggan’s Mahler Surveys |
| Brian Wilson’s Download Surveys | Reviewer Logs |
| Other surveys |
Discographies
National Discographies compiled by Michael Herman and Stephen Ellis
The Cello Concerto Project compiled by Patrick Waller and Renate Dehmer
The Piano Trio Discography compiled by David Barker
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto compiled by Uwe Sauerteig
The works of Benjamin Britten compiled by David Barker and Rob Barnett
Collections of Articles
The Charles A Hooey Collection – articles, discographies and performance lists for early 20th century performers
The Philip Scowcroft Collection – includes Garlands, a major series of articles on British light music composers extracted from his book on the subject, as well as numerous articles on a wide range of musical topics
Arthur Butterworth Writes – more than 70 articles on various topics by the English composer, written exclusively for MWI
The MWI Listening Studio – commentary related particularly to the sound quality of releases
Stanfordian Thoughts – scholarly articles on aspects of the music and career of Sir Charles Stanford by Christopher Howell, who has recorded Stanford’s piano music
Forgotten Artists – a series by Christopher Howell on performers whose names have slipped under the radar
Humour and Classical Music – a series of articles by David Barker, exploring the use of humour in classical music, and classical music in comedy
View From The Audience – articles on various subjects related to classical music by Frank Manheim
Program Notes
Articles about individual pieces of music, intended to explain the background and musical nature of the pieces.
Review Indexes
To be completed
Composer Resources
Articles and other material devoted to an individual composer, not including review indexes, surveys and discographies already listed above.
